Yanni (born Yiannis Hrysomallis ( Pronounced Chrysomallis ), (Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, classical transcription Giannis Chrysomallis), on November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece) is a self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer. After receiving a B.A. in psychology, he would instead seek a life in music though he had no formal training and could not read a note.He earned Grammy nominations for his 1992 album, Dare to Dream, and the 1993 follow-up, In My Time. His breakthrough success came with the 1994 release of Yanni Live at the Acropolis, deemed to be the second best-selling music video of all time, [1] (behind Michael Jackson's video for Thriller with nine million units). Yanni has since performed live in concert before in excess of two million people in more than 20 countries around the world. He has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 20 million copies.[1] Yanni is considered to be one of the top fundraisers of all time for public television. His compositions have been included in all Olympic Games television broadcasts since 1988, and his music has been used extensively in television and televised sporting events. His music is frequently described as "new age", though he prefers the term "contemporary instrumental".[2] The regents of the University of Minnesota conferred upon Yanni the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
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- Almost a Whisper - 5pp
- Before I Go - 5pp
- Enchantmen - 5pp
- Felitsa - 8pp
- First Touch - 5pp
- In My Dream -3pp
- In The Mirorr - 9pp
- In the Morning Light - 9pp
- Marching Season - 12pp
- Nightingale - 9pp
- Nostalgia - 9pp
- One Man Dream - 4pp
- Only a memory - 7pp
- Santorini - 7pp
- The End of August - 5pp
- The Rain Fall - 10pp
- Until The Last Moment - 9pp
- Whisper in the dark - 6pp
Yukhi Kuramoto writes primarily for the piano, though orchestral arrangements for some of his pieces exist. Born in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Kuramoto studied the piano from an early age and exhibited a great degree of talent. During school, he studied Rachmaninoff extensively and performed as a part-time soloist in orchestras. He demonstrated great potential as a classical pianist. His experience is unique in that he later went on to study at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and obtained a masters degree in Applied Physics. Afterwards, between the path of a scholar and that of a musician, Kuramoto chose the latter.Kuramoto concentrated on the performance of the piano, the composition and arrangement of classical music and popular music. As a professional musician, his interests are quite expansive, crossing genres from classical to folk songs and popular music. Kuramoto never attended a music conservatory and attained his knowledge mostly through self-studies. Some argue that compared with other musicians, Kuramoto is equally talented and additionally, because of this self studies, his music was more intuitive and sensitive. At the age of 35, Kuramoto had the first of his CD published, which became an instant hit in Japan. To this day, he has published 18 CDs.
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Sheet collections :
- A Winter story - 3pp
- Lake Louise - 2pp
- Lake Misty Blue- Lake Louise I - 5pp
- Lake Misty Blue- Lake Louise II - 6pp
- Meditation - 3pp
- Reminiscence- Meditation - 3pp
- Romance - 4pp
